simolus3/drift

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3263 stars · 460 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

Drift is a reactive, type-safe persistence library for Dart and Flutter built on top of SQLite. It supports writing queries in both SQL and a fluent Dart API, with compile-time checked queries and auto-updating result streams.

Use cases

• persist structured data in a Flutter app with SQLite
• watch database queries as reactive streams that update the UI
• write type-safe SQL queries checked at compile time in Dart
• manage schema migrations for a local mobile database
• run database work across isolates for better performance
• build a cross-platform app with local storage on Android, iOS, desktop and web

When to choose

• you need relational data with joins, transactions, and complex SQL in a Flutter or Dart app
• you want compile-time safety for queries instead of parsing raw maps
• you need reactive UI updates driven by database changes
• you need a battle-tested, production-ready local database layer across all Flutter platforms

When to avoid

• you only need simple key-value storage with no relational queries
• your project is not Dart or Flutter based
• you need a server-side or cloud-hosted database rather than local persistence

Facets

library · maturity stable

orm database-driver database databases mobile-development cross-platform developer-tools cross-platform windows flutter sqlite reactive-queries code-generation type-safety persistence stream-queries schema-migrations android ios macos linux web-server

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